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Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders. Sex and childbirth were quite literally a matter of life or death for the Tudors: Elizabeth of York died in childbirth, two of Henry VIII's queens were beheaded for infidelity and Elizabeth I's elective virginity signalled the demise of a dynasty. Amy Licence guides the reader through the births of Elizabeth of York's two sons, Arthur and Henry, Catherine of Aragon's subsequent marriages to both of these men, Henry VIII's other five wives and his mistresses, and the sex lives of his daughters. This book details the experiences of all these women, from fertility, conception and pregnancy through to the delivery chamber, on to maternal and infant mortality. Each woman's story is a blend of specific personal circumstances, set against their historical moment. For some the joys were brief; for others it was a question that ultimately determined their fates.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: In Bed with the Tudors
• Author: Amy Licence
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9781445614755
• ISBN: 1445614758
• ID: 02009388
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Weight: 222 g
• Dimensions: 124 × 198 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. November 2013

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